ZIP 65616 recorded 254 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,181 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Taney County, MO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,181 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 210 | |
| 2022 | 205 | |
| 2023 | 283 | |
| 2024 | 229 | |
| 2025 | 254 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 65616 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 133 | 11.3% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 99 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 83 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 66 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 62 | 5.2% |
For the 36 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 65616 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 58 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 55 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 54 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 48 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 9.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 13 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 131 | 29.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 237 | 53.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 39 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 15 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 68 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 65616 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 174% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $337,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $337,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $285,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $285,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $172,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 65616.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branson | 1,151 | |
| 2 | Battlefield | 1 | |
| 3 | Forsyth | 1 | |
| 4 | Hollister | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone County | MO | 0.50 | FIPS 29209 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,181 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.